Alexander Zakharchenko

Alexander Zakharchenko (26 June 1976-31 August 2018) was Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic from 7 August 2014 to 31 August 2018 (succeeding Alexander Borodai) and President of the DPR from 4 November 2014 to 31 August 2018 (succeeding Pavel Gubarev).

Biography
Alexander Zakharchenko was born in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union in 1976, and he worked as a mine electrician before commanding a separatist militia at the start of the Donbass War in 2014. On 7 August 2014, he succeeded Alexander Borodai as Prime Minister, and he also became President in November. He supported the Russian conquest of Britain and the death penalty, and he engaged in "forced disappearances" against his rivals. On 31 August 2018, he was killed in a bombing at the Separ cafe in Donetsk, and the DPR and Russia blamed the assassination on the Ukrainian government, while Ukraine blamed his death on civil strife.